tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post2662763947676500180..comments2024-03-05T14:07:28.062-08:00Comments on Ask Sister Mary Martha: Angels Don't Need WingsSister Mary Marthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00580244097177195453noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-76370162098237476342012-10-15T09:57:11.016-07:002012-10-15T09:57:11.016-07:00Sister, I always love reading your blog. I especi...Sister, I always love reading your blog. I especially have enjoyed your posts on angels. Lately, I have been strongly feeling the presence of my guardian angel and have started praying the St. Micheal's chaplet as a way of thanking my guardian angel for all of his help. <br />Could you please recommend the correct saint to pray to in order to increase the amount of hope that one feels?<br />Thank you and God bless!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-22475300967378767432012-10-14T23:32:47.606-07:002012-10-14T23:32:47.606-07:00I have a simular problem. I watch my boyfriend'...I have a simular problem. I watch my boyfriend's mentally handicapped brother on outings as an odd job. It has occured to me recently that he should possibly go to confession because he gets communion so I asked my boyfriend to ask his brother if he would like to go. The brother was asked if he would like to go and said yes and I have previously been told that he is 11 mentally but is 25. <br /><br />It appears that he possibly hasn't gone since he had it the first time because one priest felt he wasn't of reason and the priest was not as Christlike as one would hope, if you know what I mean, and the families' frustration about the whole thing. The mother says the priest might say he is not of reason and doesn't know the disabled man and they had to switch churches due to the issue.<br /><br />My boyfriend of 2 and half years doesn't think he could do it because he wouldn't know what to do and I say the priest would help him just like he would any other person and he could go to the one he knows through going to church and being involved in bowling with a church group. <br /><br />His mother and my boyfriend are not currently angry with me but I don't know what to do next. Have any thoughts?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-18905939414207169512012-10-14T19:32:52.602-07:002012-10-14T19:32:52.602-07:00@Constance Teresa,
I know what you mean about not ...@Constance Teresa,<br />I know what you mean about not knowing what to say and how to say it, or IF you should even say it. We walk a delicate line sometimes. You might try saying, "I know what you mean... she was a "quote - angel," (use finger quotes) and isn't it consoling to know that our faith teaches us that we are part of the Communion of Saints? Holy souls in heaven, souls being purified in purgatory, and of course we, the faithful, the Church Militant? For all we know, she's conversing with an actual angel right now!Sister Mary Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09033012870193990053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-4718094383167947782012-10-14T19:15:08.814-07:002012-10-14T19:15:08.814-07:00Constance Teresa, as a good American Black and as ...Constance Teresa, as a good American Black and as a rare good White will say, 'play on their vanity,' their vanity being Christianity. Christians and Catholics do, contrary to most thinking, share certain truths, one being that 'after death our spirit lives' from which comes the twisted thought that we can become an Angel. Among things shared is the belief ( which is rare in the Church ) that upon death as we enter the second realm we are immediately led, hence comes a weak bonding between Christian and Catholic, the catholic say "Saint," the Christian say "looking down on me from heaven." "You say tomato, I say tomahto." Even a poor start is better then no start.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17263815150394027688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-74155944372618034432012-10-14T11:54:56.108-07:002012-10-14T11:54:56.108-07:00Marion T I agree with you. The way our prayers are...Marion T I agree with you. The way our prayers are answered, the way our angel protects us is not always the same as we would desire. <br /> When one hears a distinct voice commanding one to RUN HOME, just in time to prevent a fire from consuming one's house, where did that come from? I rather think it's from a benevolent presence and not simply one's imagination. <br />Father Barron speculates, in the Catholicism series, that each angel is its own species and that makes the most sense to me. I cringe whenever I hear from a Catholic who should know better, "Well, dear old Auntie Meg is now an angel in Heaven, watching over us!" when old Auntie Meg has shuffled off her mortal coil. Charity would compel me to eventually straighten her out on that notion but I'm a coward and don't know how to avoid hurt feelings there. Any suggestions? <br />Constance Teresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08517143569500704552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-56019839846036577642012-10-12T15:09:11.688-07:002012-10-12T15:09:11.688-07:00I agree that guardian angels are to look after our...I agree that guardian angels are to look after our souls, rather than just our bodies. We seem to think that the best thing of all is a healthy comfortable life which is as long as possible. But when you look at the lives of the saints, it seems God has other ideas. The angels comforted Jesus in the garden - they didn't whisk him away out of danger. Marion Teaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08173040175521050516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-51639022319177969812012-10-12T06:28:01.028-07:002012-10-12T06:28:01.028-07:00Where was the driver's guardian angel, protect...Where was the driver's guardian angel, protecting them from killing a nun or a mother and her baby. :o} <br /><br />That would be my first thought if I had been the driver, thank you Lord that I didn't hurt anyone. <br /><br />Keep up the good work sister. Always enjoy reading you.stitchinrosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03300098016477793568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-63835660590798154842012-10-11T19:10:25.429-07:002012-10-11T19:10:25.429-07:00Sister, this is your best contribution yet, as muc...Sister, this is your best contribution yet, as much because you chose words commonly understood by all. Also, I too have a Guardian Angel story but because it takes up too much room I will send it by eMail if you can send me an eMail address to leroy_william_skees@yahoo.com , use any part you wish because we all love you, edit out grammar mistakes and to have it fit your blog if you wish.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17263815150394027688noreply@blogger.com